Storyboard-Based Animations - Ulead PHOTOIMPACT 11 User Manual

To use frame-based animation dialog boxes:
1. Select Effect: Creative then choose
from Animation Studio, Particle
Effect, or Type Effect. You can also
choose Effect: Illumination - Creative
Lighting, or Effect: Material Effect -
Crystal & Glass or Effect: Material
Effect - Texture Filter. Alternatively,
select an animation preset from the
Animation Gallery in the EasyPalette.
2. Specify the total number of frames in
your animation in the Key frame control panel.
3. Select a specific frame position by entering the frame number in the Current
frame entry box. Click the (+) button to assign it as a key frame.
4. Click Play to view the animation.
5. Click OK then select Save Animation File and Create New Object.
6. To view an animation effect, click Preview in the Attribute Toolbar or select
File: Save for Web - As HTML then view the file through a browser (see
"Previewing in a
More dialog box options:
• Save Creates an animation file as an animated GIF. After saving, the dialog
box remains open so you can continue to modify the animation.
• Add Saves a frame as an image or the complete animation to the
EasyPalette.
• Preview Displays a preview of the effect of the current animation frame at
full size.

Storyboard-based animations

The layout of Storyboard-based animation dialog boxes differs from effect to
effect. However, they each have two sections in common: an effect Template
section and a Storyboard section.
The purpose of the Storyboard is to display a modifiable sequence of applied
effects. Each template effect is applied to the previous slide of the animation,
which is viewable in the storyboard section. In most cases, you can click Reset to
start a new slide with a fresh copy of the original image instead of continuing to
apply effects to the previous slide.
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